Lionel Messi nominated for FIFA Best Men’s player award 2024

Lionel Messi is heading the push to become one of the primary contenders for FIFA's Best 2024 honors, which the organization has revealed. Cristiano Ronaldo, on the other hand, is playing a smaller part this season. FIFA announced the men's and women's soccer players nominated for The Best 2024 honors on Thursday. The awards recognize the best players in the globe this year. Whereas Cristiano Ronaldo was conspicuously left out and only shortlisted for a minor category, Lionel Messi has been selected to earn the top honor.

Messi's outstanding accomplishments with Inter Miami as well as the Argentina national team have earned him a spot as a contender for the 2024 FIFA Men's Footballer of the Year award. Other well-known players like Rodri (the most recent Ballon d'Or winner), Vinicius Jr., Kylian Mbappe, as well as Erling Haaland are also in the race, though, so the competition is tough.

The only footballer to have been a nominee for The Best award each year since its introduction in 2016 is Lionel Messi. In addition, he has won the award three times, more than any other player, beating out Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have each won twice.

Which award has Cristiano Ronaldo been nominated for?

Ronaldo, on the other hand, is missing from the World Player of the Year nomination for the third year in a row. Rather, the Al-Nassr striker has been nominated to be included in the 2024 Ideal XI. He is one of the 22 eligible attackers; Messi is, obviously, also nominated in this category.

FIFA will give out awards in a number of other important categories in addition to the coveted Best Player of the Year title. Luis de la Fuente of Spain, Lionel Scaloni of Argentina, and Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid are the front-runners for Best Coach. Emiliano Martinez is still a fierce competitor to win the Best Goalkeeper category, facing off against Real Madrid's Andriy Lunin, among others.